Oh! Oh! I almost forgot...
We drove BIL to the airport this morning, and when we got back home at around 6:00am, there was a Coyote strolling down the middle of the street right in front of the house. I didn't have a camera with me, but that's the first one I've seen in a residential area; I have seen several of them in the wild. Gosh, what a beautiful, self assured animal!! He was obviously wary, but didn't take off running. He maintained a steady trot to the end of the street, turned into an empty lot, and disappeared. We drove around the block to the other end of the vacant lot, and he walked right past us, not more than 10 feet from the car, across the street, and disappeared again into some bushes and trees, this time for good.
It's really something when a wild animal like that locks eyes with you. This is not your neighbor's Cocker Spaniel.
He certainly seemed to know his way around. I suspect he's a nightime regular....maybe even the critter that's been raiding our garbage cans occasionally.